Why in this world where there is so much information, do countries and governments across the world have such divergent views and ignore lessons of the past. In one part of the world, a socialist regime which has nationalised virtually every industry has seen its economy collapse; in another, voters may well vote in a […]
Canada House in London’s Trafalgar Square has had a chequered history. It was originally built between 1824 and 1827 as two separate buildings for the Union Club and the Royal College of Physicians to designs of Sir Robert Smirke, the architect of the British Library and King’s College London. The Canadian government acquired the Union […]
"The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul."
(Thomas Moore)
To be an architect means having a wide range of interests - architecture, art and creativity in all its variety of forms, sustainability, science and innovation. The greatest interest is often where these different worlds overlap and collide - that is when something imaginative often occurs that pushes us all forward to another place
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